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Switzerland, Sweden extend winning streaks in Olympic curling round robin

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CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) — Switzerland and Sweden extended their winning streaks in the men’s and women’s curling round-robin competitions respectively at the Milan-Cortina Olympic Winter Games here […]

FBI confirms DNA recovered from glove found near Nancy Guthrie’s home

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(Adds dropped word ‘of’ in paragraph 4) Read full story Date: 16 February, 2026 7:00 am Source: thestar.com.my

Dutch skater Kok claims women’s 500m speed skating gold in Olympic record at Milan-Cortina (updated)

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MILAN, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) — Dutch skater Femke Kok won her first Olympic gold in the women’s 500m speed skating on Sunday, setting a new Olympic record of 36.49 seconds. […]

Norway ski jumper Stroem wins second gold at Milan-Cortina in women’s large hill

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PREDAZZO, Italy, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) — Anna Odine Stroem clinched her second gold medal of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Sunday, winning the women’s individual large hill ski jumping event […]

Severe weather triggers landslides, flooding across Greece

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ATHENS, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) — Heavy rainfall and strong winds struck multiple parts of Greece in recent days, triggering landslides, flooding and extensive damage to infrastructure, Greek national broadcaster ERT […]

Israel’s annual inflation falls to lowest level since June 2021

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JERUSALEM, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) — Israel’s 12-month inflation rate fell to 1.8 percent in January, down 0.8 percentage points from December and the lowest level in more than four and […]

“Wuthering Heights” tops North American box office in opening weekend

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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) — Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Wuthering Heights” took the top spot at the North American box office with an estimated three-day cume of 34.8 million U.S. […]

Weston completes golden double as Britain topples Germany in Olympic skeleton mixed team

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CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) — Britain’s Tabitha Stoecker and Matt Weston mounted a late charge to deny two German pairs and secure the skeleton mixed team gold at […]

Egypt launches 858-mln-USD social aid package ahead of Ramadan

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CAIRO, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) — Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly announced Sunday a social protection package worth 40 billion Egyptian pounds (about 858 million U.S. dollars) to support vulnerable groups […]

Roundup: Portugal joins growing EU push to tighten social media age limits

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by Billion Temesghen Read full story Date: 16 February, 2026 5:00 am Source: thestar.com.my

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